Speaker. on this 14th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel we recall the lengthy struggle which preceded the restoration of Jewish national independence and pay tribute to the magnificient accomplishments of this exciting young nation. Israel. as a state and as a people. is the living embodiment of the struggle. the aims and aspirations of the movement for the restoration of Jewish national autonomy. This movement has existed for nearly 20 centuries. ever since the Second Jewish Commonwealth was destroyed by the legions of Imperial Rome and deportation and slavery became the lot of many of its citizens. During the final quarter of the last century it assumed its modern form. and in 1948 achieved its purpose: Jewish independence and the reconstitution of the ancient Jewish sovereignty. Israel has many facets. but none is more deserving of our attention than the mixture of Eastern and Western people who have flocked to the Jewish homeland.
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